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How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 16.04

So I recently got introduced to Tensor Flow and a whole lot of other platforms that requires me to install Docker on my machine, and yeah had a bit of challenges finding the right resources to make my journey, then came this tutorial I found on Digital Ocean community, awesome stuff!!! #UnsongHero… Lol
And just incase you wondering what Docker is, here is a brief definition:

Docker is an application that makes it simple and easy to run application processes in a container, which are like virtual machines, only more portable, more resource-friendly, and more dependent on the host operating system.

Okay now since we done with that, we may get to installing Docker…

Step 1 — Installing Docker

The Docker installation package available in the official Ubuntu 16.04 repository may not be the latest version. To get the latest and greatest version, install Docker from the official Docker repository. This section shows you how to do just that.

But first, let’s update the package database:

sudo apt-get update

Now let’s install Docker. Add the GPG key for the official Docker repository to the system: